Cambridge Day Romania - Saturday 1st March 2025

Aniella Busila

Aniella is a teacher and a teacher trainer and has been a Cambridge Consultant since 2009. She has extensive experience of Cambridge exams and has prepared students and teachers for the full range of Cambridge English Qualifications. Aniella has given presentations at a large number of events in Romania and the Republic of Moldova for teachers, parents and students. She has always been interested in her own professional development to continually improve her students and trainees’ learning experience. Aniella holds a degree in foreign languages and Cambridge English TKT and CELTA teaching qualifications.

Charles Stewart

Charles has been working in the ELT field since 2011, teaching ESL, speaking at various ELT conferences and writing and delivering teacher training around the world. Throughout his teaching career, Charles has been fortunate to teach all levels, both young learners and adults. However, over the
last several years, his focus has been drawn more towards teaching young learners, both general English for Primary ages, and exam preparation classes for secondary students. Consequently, Charles is heavily involved in the Young Learners Department at the British Council in Prague, where he currently lives and works, and teaches Exam preparation at a local Czech Gymnasium (High School).

Benjamin Herbert

Ben is a Professional Learning and Development Specialist for Cambridge University Press and Assessment and is based in Prague. He has trained teachers and spoken at conferences in various countries and has taught in different contexts for over 14 years in the Czech Republic, Jordan, Libya, Turkey, and Saudi Arabia. Ben has worked as a Cambridge CELTA Main Course Tutor, is DELTA-qualified, and is currently studying materials development as part of his MA in Professional Development for Language Education.

Olha Madylus

Olha has taught in the UK, Greece, Hong Kong and Venezuela. She is a freelance author, materials’ designer, consultant and teacher trainer.

She is based in London and as well as working with Cambridge University Press does consultation, teacher training and teacher trainer training for organisations such as The British Council and Ministries of Education worldwide. Her main focus is on understanding and motivating learners. She is the author of Film, TV and Music, a photocopiable activities book for teenagers, Cambridge University Press & Assessment.

10.00 – 11.00 Teaching and Assessing Speaking for the B1 Preliminary for Schools Exams 

Teaching and Assessing Speaking for the B1 Preliminary for Schools Exams

Benjamin Herbert

10.00 - 11.00

In this interactive workshop, we will learn what candidates need to know to fully demonstrate their speaking skills with Cambridge English Qualifications, with a focus on B1 Preliminary for Schools Exam. We will look at how the speaking exam is structured, establishing practical teaching ideas for each part of the Speaking Test.
We will also briefly examine how the Speaking Test is marked and assessed.

11.30 – 12.30 Using Cambridge One to Enhance the Writing Lesson

Using Cambridge One to Enhance the Writing Lesson

Charles Stewart

11.30 – 12.30

Writing is a subject that few enjoy teaching and even fewer enjoy learning. Usually, this disdain for writing is deeply rooted in the students' general lack of understanding of how to effectively write academically and a lack of motivation for writing. In this workshop, we will look at various techniques we can use in our classes to help motivate our students to become more effective writers using the Cambridge resources available for Prepare 2nd Edition on the Cambridge One platform.

13.30 – 14.30 Integrating learning and assessment – a practical guide

Integrating learning and assessment – a practical guide

Olha Madylus

13.30 - 14.30

How do we help students become successful learners – not just excelling in exams but also understanding what they have learnt and celebrating each step in their language learning journey?
This presentation is all about success. Firstly, we need to define it in terms of the goals we set our learners, so they know what they are trying to achieve. We need a systematic approach to assessing their progress and practical ways of supporting them as a class and individually to reach their potential. Examples from Prepare will be used to identify the specific strategies that build language (and exam) skills; and these approaches work for students using any course books and at an age or level. We will discover how integrating learning and assessment is the key to a successful learning experience by maintaining motivation and confidence as well as developing autonomy.

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Event programme and Presenters

Aniella Busila

Charles Stewart

Benjamin Herbert

Olha Madylus

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